Oreimo

Ore no Imoto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai (Japanese俺の妹 が こんなに 可愛い わけ が ない, dt " My little sister can not be so cute " ), also known as Oreimo short, is a light novel number of the author Tsukasa Fushimi, with illustrations provided by Hiro Kanzaki. The novel series was adapted as a manga, among others, as a computer game, and as two anime television series.

Action

The focus of the events is the family of four Kosaka. The real clue is the relationship between the two siblings Kyosuke Kosaka (高 坂 京 介, Kosaka Kyosuke ) and Kosaka Kirino (高 坂 桐 乃, Kosaka Kirino ). While Kyosuke is a nearly full -year, ordinary student, his younger sister Kirino has to hide a big secret. She is secretly namely an avid Otaku, what at that time except her but nobody knows. The atmosphere between the two is initially to go not the best and they both try to always out of the way, what particular Kyosuke eats inside. But by chance he finds out Kirinos secret when she is looking for a eroge, which they had previously forgotten in his room and Kyosuke surprises there. Kirino then convinced her brother to help her to keep her secret from their parents and school friends. Then she shows him her entire collection, mostly from Erogēs, the relationship between brother and ( smaller) sister is thematize. Out of necessity to Kyosuke must now deal with the hobby of his sister. Therefore Kirino urges him to play with one of her Erogēs. Their reasoning was that they finally now has someone with whom they can discuss about their secret hobby.

Kyosuke then got the idea of ​​the Internet more friends who have the same hobby as his sister to look for. Prompt Kirino is invited to a so-called offline meetings. With Kyosuke in tow she meets at a coffee shop Saori Makishima (槇 岛 沙织, Makishima Saori ) that she has invited to the meeting and dresses like a stereotypical otaku and behaves, but actually from a rich and noble family comes and the dimensions of the model Norika Fujiwara has, and Ruri Goko (五更 瑠 璃, Goko Ruri ), a girl who lives near Kirino. In a conversation Kirino and Ruri clashed since Ruri, the self Kuroneko (黒 猫) is called and as a Gothic Lolita is dressed, a very different idea of ​​animes than Kirino, but that did not deter the group in contact to stay. That same day, Kyosuke manages the homework of Kirino, an eroge to play through to do. Kirino continues to meet with Saori and Kuroneko, and is surprised that they do not have to hide their hobby. Unlike Daisuke Kosaka (高 坂 大 介, Daisuke Kosaka ), Kirinos father, as it turns out, their environment accepts their preferences. When he learns of Kirinos but passion, he forbids her to continue in this hobby. However, since she refuses to give up this, Kyosuke is one of them. He manages to convince his father that Kirino is allowed to continue their hobby by an eroge, which, of course, his sister heard referred to as its own. This causes the family father, who decided against such indecent games to beat Kyosuke 's face. As Kirino her brother in retrospect a little gratitude shows what happens extremely rarely, Kyosuke reacts surprised.

Kirino persuades her brother with her ​​a beat- 'em -up game, with which he has absolutely no experience playing. This causes him to pick up a few tips from Saori, to keep up with his sister can. As Kirino has her school friends to visit, a package of Saori is brought for them, which contains a collection of doujinshi. Since the packaging but not close to the actual content, Kyosuke Kirino passes the packet to give the whole thing without further attention. However, when he learns through a phone call from Saori from the true content, it tries Kirino keep them open the package in front of their friends, to continue to keep their hobby a secret. He comes in embarrassing situations that make him look rather obliquely in front Kirinos friends. After that, however, he apologizes to one of Kirinos friends, Ayase Aragaki (新垣 あやせ, Aragaki Ayase ) that accepts this and then gives him her phone number. As a sort of apology may accompany the Comiket Kyosuke Kirino and her friends. When there is a special disc that Kirino wanted to have suddenly sold out, Kuroneko wins this in a beat - 'em -up games competition. However, after the group has left the show again they meet Ayase.

Because Ayase now thinks Kirino would conceal her something, she puts them under pressure and eventually finds out her secret. Because Ayase has seen a report that provides Otakus in a very bad light, she fears that Kirino a similar behavior, forcing them to choose their hobby or the common friendship. After Kyosuke finds out in a conversation with his father that the report, due to its Ayase give up her friendship with Kirino wanted, contains false information, he tries to bring Ayase to accept Kirinos hobby yet. This succeeds only after he selfless service to his sister, so Ayase realizes that Kirino and him the friendship is very important to her.

Kyosuke is survived by his classmate and friend since childhood Manami Tamura (田村 麻 奈 実, Tamura Manami ) invited home to try some candy for Halloween, which come from the family's own store. As someone from his class appeals to him about it, he and Manami 's be pretty close friends, he stresses that there is no romantic relationship between them. However, he noted, it would not like it if she would go out with one another. In Manami at home he can be persuaded to help with the preparations for the Halloween event. Because he is busy until late at night, he stayed there. The grandfather of the Tamura family can set up a room, so Kyosuke and Manami sleeping next to each other have, causing the two to talk to each other. Kyosuke says, if he were asked if he wanted a relationship, he would refuse to continue to follow his regular life. Meanwhile, Kirino shows clearly frustrated that her brother is sleeping in the house of Manami.

As Kirino has read a fan fiction of Kuroneko online, she decides to write such a self. As in many other areas, are the two of them in the literature fundamentally different views on what another argument means. To everyone's surprise, Kirino receives an offer from a publisher to publish her ​​story. So she gets more ideas for her next story, she pulls on Christmas Eve with Kyosuke around to uA to make different locating factories that could use it as a setting for her new novel. They then persuaded him to buy her earrings as emotional support. As Kyosuke but says she would only require to make you feel better, she empties a bucket of cold water over her own head in order to disprove this. By this action, they are forced to take in the short term a hotel room, so Kirino can be dried and move. Again on the way home, she is wearing the earrings he gave her before.

Kirinos novel is, however, quite popular, which moves the publisher to adapt this into an anime. With Saori and Kuroneko it then goes to the conference to discuss the details with the producers. You reacts surprised to make the opinion of the production team to make some changes for the anime. Of greatest concern is Kirino here is that the main female character to be acquired male in their history. At the next meeting goes out of desperation instead of Kirino Kyosuke with which persuaded the production team, but to take on more details from the original artwork. In addition, he can convince her to keep his secret mixing before Kirino and Kuroneko Saori.

Kirino gets a long awaited by her eroge, which she begins to play immediately, without consideration in terms of volume, to her brother in the next room by post. Meanwhile, Kuroneko fits at her home on her little sister, who like Kirino is a big fan Meruru. Saori is now preparing a party for Kirino and Kuroneko.

Formation and Publications

The light novel series Ore no Imoto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai is written by Tsukasa Fushimi and illustrated by Hiro Kanzaki. The series was released on August 10, 2008 to June 7, 2013 in ASCII Media Works Dengeki Bunko imprint under the in 12 volumes.

• Vol 1: ISBN 978-4-04-867180-4, August 10, 2008
• Vol 2: ISBN 978-4-04-867426-3 10 December, 2008
• Volume 3: ISBN 978-4-04-867758-5 10 April, 2009
• Vol 4: ISBN 978-4-04-867934-3 10 August, 2009
• Vol 5: ISBN 978-4-04-868271-8 10 January, 2010
• Vol 6: ISBN 978-4-04-868538-2 10 May, 2010
• Vol 7: ISBN 978-4-04-870052-8 10 November, 2010
• Volume 8: ISBN 978-4-04-870486-1 10 May, 2011
• Vol 9: ISBN 978-4-04-870813-5 10 September, 2011
• Vol 10: 978-4-04-886519-7 ISBN 10 April, 2012
• Vol 11: ISBN 978-4-04-886887-7, September 7, 2012
• Vol 12: ISBN 978-4-04-891607-3, June 7, 2013

From November 2011 to November 2012 540,000 copies were sold, which it reached number 8 in the best-selling light novel series of the year. By November 2013 360.000 copies more were added, making it landed at number 14.

Adaptations

Manga

Based on the plot of the novel series appeared in ASCII Media Workss manga magazine Dengeki G 's Magazine a manga with the text of Tsukasa Fushimi and drawn by Sakura Ikeda, the there of the issue 3/2009 (30 January 2009) to 5 /2011 ( March 30, 2011 ) ran. The chapters have been grouped into four tankōbon published editions, which were published in the Dengeki Comics imprint:

• Vol 1: ISBN 978-4-04-868172-8, 27 October 2009
• Vol 2: ISBN 978-4-04-868732-4 27 August, 2010
• Volume 3: ISBN 978-4-04-870111-2 ISBN 978-4-04-870120-4 and ( special edition ) 10 December, 2010
• Vol 4: ISBN 978-4-04-870480-9 27 April, 2011

The manga was licensed in the U.S. by Dark Horse Comics, the first band on September 5, 2012 appeared.

Both authors then put this issue on 7/2011 (30 May 2011) with ga Konna ni Ore no kōhai Kawaii Wake ga Nai (俺 の 後輩 が こんなに 可愛い わけ が ない) continued, in which the figure of Ruri " Kuroneko " Goko in center of the action is. The first anthology was published on May 26, 2012:

• Vol 1: ISBN 978-4-04-886261-5 ISBN 978-4-04-886305-6 and ( special edition ) 26 May, 2012

In addition, the manga anthology Ore no Imoto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai: Comic Anthology (俺の妹 が こんなに 可愛い わけ が ない コミック アンソロジー, ~: Komikku Ansorojī ) published with contributions by various authors:

• Vol 1: ISBN 978-4-04-870483-0 27 April, 2011

Radioplay

Also on the Light Novel series published based ASCII Media Works a radio play, which was based on the events of the first and third band and accompanied by a written by the principal author of short stories. The CD was released on March 31, 2010, with Kyosuke as discussed in the next anime later by Yuichi Nakamura. The role of Kirino took Ayana Taketatsu.

Anime

An adaptation of the anime television series was produced and directed by Hiroyuki Kanbe in the animation studio AIC Build. From 3 October to 19 December 2010 12 episodes of the series were broadcast on the Tokyo MX TV station. A few days time lag also began the transmitter BS11 Digital, Chiba TV, MBS, TV Aichi, TV Hokkaido, TV Kanagawa, TV Saitama and TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting broadcasting in Japan. At the same time transferring the series began under the title Oreimo as streaming offering by Aniplex USA on Anime News Network in North America. Because of leaks the second episode one day before the broadcast in Japan streaming was interrupted, but resumed after about a month ago on 8 November 2010.

In the Japanese television a total of 12 episodes were broadcast. Four additional episodes were streamed as ONA from February 2011 on the site of the anime, Nico Nico Douga, Showtime and Movie gate and were included on the 7th and 8th DVD or BD series.

The 12th episode of the TV series departs from the original novel and is called " good end " (Good End, a term from the field of Japanese Adventures ) denotes the anime series. The four new episodes begin with a different version of the 12th episode shown on TV and end with the 15th episode of the "true end " ( True End ) of the series. This means creating two paths of action, divided in Episode 12. In contrast to the TV Episode 12 follows the other path of submission of the light novel.

A second season of the anime series Ore no Imoto ga Konna called ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai. with a dot at the end was announced on 1 April 2012 during the Anime Contents Expo. It is produced by A-1 Pictures, but over the bar from the first series. The series is since April 7, 2013 at midnight (and thus on the previous TV day ) aired on TV Tokyo, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV and TV Kanagawa, and with up to ten days offset on TV Saitama, Chiba TV, TV Aichi, TVQ Kyushu, TV Hokkaido, Asahi Hoso, BS11 and AT -X.

Synchronization

Music

The opening credits of the series varied slightly from episode to episode. This single existing scenes with new ones were exchanged, most of which were associated with the content of each episode. However, all variations used the title of Irony. Consistently to otaku culture - theme of the piece of Kz series was composed by the Dōjin music group Livetune and sung by the duo Dōjin Claris - both groups which were known by the video portal Nico Nico Douga. The single of the two pupils of Claris was published on 20 October 2010, reached # 7 on the Oricon charts and sold by year-end 40 455 times.

The accompanying background music within the episodes was composed by Satoru Kosaki and arranged. An original soundtrack album (OST) to was published on January 12, 2011.

The credits changed from episode to episode, the first and last episode still led the action continued, while at the same time the credits were displayed and the end credits music was heard. All other sequences used a specially designed credits, which was made up of illustrations of various artists abbildeten the characters from Ore no Imoto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai. Hereinafter, the pieces of music are listed that were used in the respective sequences.

Computer game

For the PlayStation Portable was released on January 27, 2011 Ren'ai Adventure, which was developed by Bandai Namco Games.

Reception

The Mainichi Shimbun reported that the fourth volume in the best-selling Light Novel was the month in August 2009. Of the first five issues total 920,000 copies have been sold in Japan, according to Anime News Network until April 2010.